Thai Meteorological Department is a government administration company based in Bangkok/Thailand.

• Webseite

  http://tmd.go.th

• Branche

  Öffentlicher Dienst

• Hauptsitz

  Thailand

• Firmengröße

  501-1.000 Mitarbeiter

• Earthquake Information Centers and Emergency Contacts

                 Relevant organizations and emergency services               1. Seismological Bureau of Thailand, Thai Meteorological Department                    http://www.seismology.tmd.go.th/
                      https://www.facebook.com/EarthquakeTMD
                      http://twitter.com/#!/seismo_twitt%20
                      Email : tmdseismo@gmail.com
                      Earthquake Hotline 24hr.
                            02-366-9410
                            02-398-5325
                            02-399-0969
                            02-399-4547
  
                 2. National Disaster Warning Center, Ministry of Information and Communication                    http://www.ndwc.go.th/web/
                      For earthquake information, call 02-3994114, 02-3991128
                      hotline : 192
  
                 3. Geological Disaster Operations Center, Department of Mineral Resources                    http://www.dmr.go.th
                      Tel. 02-6219701 – 05
  
                 4. Geo - InformaticS Center for Thailand .: GISThai
                      Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University
                      http://www.gisthai.org/
                      Tel. 02 218 5442-3
  
                 5. Emergency Medical Institute of Thailand (EMIT)                    In case of serious injuries or illnesses, call 1669 (24/7 toll-free number).
  
                 6. Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation 
                      hotline : 1784
  
             Earthquake information websites               1. 24-hour earthquake updates                    http://www.seismology.tmd.go.th/inside.php
                      http://www.seismology.tmd.go.th/index.php
                      https://www.facebook.com/#!/EarthquakeTMD%20
  
                 2. National Disaster Warning Center, Ministry of Information and Communication                    http://www.ndwc.go.th/web/
  
                 3. Warnings and announcements, Thai Meteorological Department                    http://www.tmd.go.th/list_warning.php
  
                 4. the United States Geological Survey’s (USGS)
                      http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
  
                 5. European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC)
                      http://www.emsc-csem.org/#2%20
  
                 6. Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
                      http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/indexe.html
  
                 7. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
                      http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/index.php
  
                 8. Earthquake news scoops                    http://paidoo.net/scoop/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%9C%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A7
   

Thai Meteorological Department

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Thai Meteorological Department (TMD)

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Agency overview
Formed	June 23, 1942
Headquarters	Bangkok, Thailand
Minister responsible	Mr Wanchai Sakudomchai, Director-General
Parent agency	Ministry of Information and Communication Technology
Website	www.tmd.go.th/en/index.php

The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) is the Thai governmental agency responsible for weather forecasting and monitoring. It maintains four meteorological centers: one each for the northern region, the northeastern region, and two in the southern region (eastern shore and western shore).^[1]

History

In 1905 the science of meteorology was first introduced to Thailand by the Royal Thai Navy which included meteorology in its navigation course. Seven years later, in 1912, the first meteorological textbook in Thai was published.
Thailand’s first meteorological service, known as the Meteorological and Statistics Section, was established in 1923, It was attached to the Water Management Division of the Royal Irrigation Department under the Ministry of Lands and Agriculture. Observation stations were set up in provinces for the collection of meteorological data and for the construction of weir for flood control.
In August 1936 the Meteorological and Statistics Section was transferred to the Hydrographic Department of the Royal Thai Navy, where it was known as the Meteorological Division. The Meteorological Division was elevated to departmental status on 23 June 1942. In 1962, the department was transferred from the Royal Thai Navy to the Office of the Prime Minister.
The Meteorological Department was transferred from prime minister's office to the Ministry of Transport and Communications on 1 October 1972. On 3 October 2002, the Meteorological Department was moved to the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) where it remains today (2016).^[2]

International affiliations

Thailand joined the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1949. It participates in several WMO programmes, most notably World Weather Watch (WWW) and the Tropical Cyclone Programme (TCP).
  
References: "Organization Chart". Thai Meteorological Department (TMD). Retrieved 24 March 2016. "History". Thai Meteorological Department (TMD). Retrieved 24 March 2016.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_Meteorological_Department

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Thai Meteorological Department

Address:4353, Sukhumvit Rd., Bang Na, Bang Na, Bangkok 10260 Thailand
Tel:+6623994580, +6623994566, +6623994568, +6623994578
Service day:Mon-Fri, Service hours: 08:00-17:00
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Official description

The Thai Meteorological Department's mission has been designed to carry on meteorological administrations and managements for the sake of 2 vital aims: the best economic, social, agricultural, and industrial benefits as well as protection of human lives and properties possessed by public members; private sectors; and governmental units against natural disasters. It has been authorised to perform the following 5 duties: 1. To supply weather forecasts for the entire country and publicize disaster warnings to fulfill the requirement from administration and management in natural disaster mitigation. 2. To build the people’s awareness toward natural disasters; enable them to perform correct surviving practices; and reduce effects from natural disasters by using modern technologies together with IT services. 3. To become the meteorological IT data and service center at the national level for users in any ventures. 4. To improve and develop the Departments research works. 5. To strengthen the Department’s roles in international cooperation concerning meteorology and environment with the purpose of changing the world situation.

Location

4353, Sukhumvit Rd., Bang Na, Bang Na, Bangkok 10260 Thailand

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Thai Meteorological Department in Respect to Disaster Management Activity

By Sukirt Kirtsaeng, Thai Meteorological Department

Thailand's Disaster Management in accordance with the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Act B.E.2007 is under the responsibility of the National Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Committee (NDPMC), which includes several agencies such as Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC), Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) etc. (Figure 1). TMD is Thailand’s primary organization in weather monitoring, forecasting, and issuing weather warnings.It also has a role in providing data analysis, early warnings and weather forecast to NDPMC for national decision on disaster prevention and mitigation. For all the ad hoc centers for handling flood and drought situation formed by the government, TMD has been included and assigned the responsibility of analyzing and predicting severe situations with regard to atmospheric conditions.

Figure 1. Disaster Management and Arrangement in Thailand (Source: DDPM)

Figure 2. A TMD's delegate attends the national brainstorm meeting to address issues of inadequate water supply on public consumption and agriculture int e Chao Phraya River

TMD also educates the public about disaster preparedness and risk mitigation strategies. This is done from the literacy level up to the awareness level through channels such as public radio broadcasting and network of volunteers. The department also receives feedbacks from the public through its satisfaction surveys and other 2-way communications.

The capacity of operational officers is enhanced through trainings, reviewing and increasing knowledge of data use and dissemination for local community alarm. This includes, for example, courses on rainfall data quality control, analysis of drought using SPI and SPEI index, analysis of downpour by remote sensing. Last month, the Climate Center, under the direction of TMD organized the workshop about monthly and seasonal weather prediction with advanced statistical technique for staff of internal agencies within the department. In addition to its primary objectives in Thailand, TMD also serves the scientific communities of ASEAN members in improving the capacity of their meteorological workforce. The 5-week training course on hydrology (Advance Flood Forecasting, Flash Flood Forecasting, Remote Sensing and GIS Application in Hydrology) for Myanmar’s officers is a good example of this effort. By May 2016, the second workshop on quality control and assimilation of radar data will be held for two weeks by the Bureau of Meteorological Development (Coordinator: Dr.Sukrit Kirtsaeng).

Figure 3. Climate Center had meteorologists experience in seasonal forecast workshop with advanced statistical technique.

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